Beirut, Feb. 3 -- Thousands of Lebanese participated in mass marches on Sunday, advancing toward the outskirts of towns and villages still under Israeli occupation in the eastern and central sectors of southern Lebanon, according to a local official and media reports.
Demonstrators gathered near eight border villages, including Aitaroun, Blida, Mays El Jabal, Houla, Markaba, Adaisseh, Kafr Kila, and Rab al-Thalatheen, in a renewed push for Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon's territory.
Hassan Sheet, mayor of Kafr Kila, said the marches aimed to pressure authorities -- including the Lebanese army, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, and the five-member committee overseeing the ceasefire -- to take decisive steps toward reclaiming...